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Tonight on Drowsy Historian, you are not a hero. You are a Soviet sniper, conscripted into a war that doesn’t care if you live, die, or disappear. From frostbitten alleyways in Leningrad to silent watchtowers over broken streets, your victories are measured in bodies—until you stop counting. As the war grinds on, so do you—numb, unthanked, and quietly unraveling. No glory. No name. Just orders, cold hands, and the echo of footsteps that might be your own.

If you’re still listening by the end of this quiet descent into forgotten survival, thank you for remembering a life history never meant to keep.

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